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| Admission rule plea dismissed by HC of Bombay at Goa Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:57 AM PDT The high court of Bombay at Goa has dismissed a petition seeking a direction to the directorate of technical education (DTE) to prescribe minimum marks in specific subjects for obtaining admission to polytechnic engineering courses. V P Vipesh, a student seeking admission to a course, had filed a petition on the basis of Rule 4.3.1 in the Common Prospectus for admission to diploma courses in polytechnics in the state. The petitioner contended that the minimum percentage of marks required in specific subjects like English, maths and science for seeking admission were not specified as per the rule. The petitioner’s grievance was that the marks of all subjects in the SSC examination are considered for granting admission to engineering courses. While pointing out that he had secured substantial marks in important subject like maths, he stated that he may suffer as a candidate with less marks in maths may stand to gain admission. The petitioner’s lawyer submitted that the minimum percentage of marks for specific subjects was not at all prescribed, and urged the court to direct the DTE to prescribe the minimum percentage of marks in the three subjects. While holding that there is no illegality in the rule, the high court observed that it ‘cannot see any obligation on the part of the rule-making authority of prescribing the minimum percentage of marks only in specific subjects such as science, mathematics and English’. Courtesy:TOI |
| My dream of a ‘zero waste’ Goa Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:52 AM PDT Based in Goa, where piles of waste are causing disease to spread, Clinton Vaz is passionate about finding solutions to the city’s increasing environmental problems. Whether it is his efforts to create a recycling culture or organising various grassroots campaigns to save local wildlife (he currently champions the ‘Save the Frogs’ campaign to protect Goa’s endangered frog population), he works to raise vital awareness of Goa’s green issues. Below he talks about his plans for a cleaner Goa, and the ways in which he is working towards this. At the moment my priorities include putting together a hazardous waste policy in Goa to separate and dispose of electronic waste, batteries and bio-medical waste. With Goa’s current garbage crisis, we need public watchdogs to ensure that these systems are followed. I’d also like to see an end to the dumping of e-waste from the West, labelled misleadingly as “unprocessed raw material”. My aim is to establish a low-cost, low-tech and sustainable waste management system that looks nice, doesn’t cause problems and runs on its own. We can all do this with individual or community composting units and a recycling bin system that pays for itself when sorted out in local communities. My dream is to see a “zero waste” Goa, and so far we are doing well. Despite our problems, Panjim now recycles almost 85% of its waste. Compare that to Europe where only about 36% of waste is recycled and saved from going into landfill, according to the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Courtesy: guardian |
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